With all of the injuries the San Francisco 49ers have sustained this season, as well as the last decade roughly, it is hard to come up with an explanation for why they have been so ravaged by injury.
One insane conspiracy theory is being thrown out as a possibility.
Niners commentator Chase Senior took to social media to say how former San Francisco offensive lineman Jon Feliciano once said that he and other 49ers would joke that the reason the team had so many injuries is because of an electrical substation that is near the team's practice facility outside Levi's Stadium.
The thinking goes that EMF, or electromagnetic fields, have some sort of harmful effect on the body and are causing players to get hurt. It is important to note that there is no scientific evidence to back this theory, but it shows what people are willing to believe to explain the team's seemingly never-ending parade of injuries.
It is also important to note that Senior seems to bring this theory up somewhat tongue in cheek, although he seems to lend some credence to it. The reality is that football is a violent game and maybe there is something to the way the Niners train or prepare that leaves them more vulnerable to injuries, but it may just be bad luck.
Still, it has been so frustrating to see so many players go down with injury, not just this year, but for many years, even predating head coach Kyle Shanahan, at this point.
Seemingly every week, the Niners lose players either for the season or for several weeks. Last week against the Houston Texans, Shanahan's face said it all when linebacker Dee Winters went down and the FOX broadcast showed a graphic how 49ers players have missed more time due to injury since 2017, Shanahan's first year as head coach, than any other team in the NFL.
San Francisco has had no other choice than to adopt a "next man up" mentality and try to endure, but at a certain point the rate of attrition is going to catch up with the team as it tries to remain competitive.
We may never fully understand why the Niners sustain so many injuries, but at this point they have to be willing to do anything to stop the injury curse. They may need to employ occult methods or perform some sort of sacrifice before every game, really whatever it takes to try and rid themselves of the curse.
The EMF theory may be bunk, but the fact that it is being floated out there just speaks to the inordinate rash of injuries San Francisco has had to deal with.
Anything to make it all make sense.